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25 years later, this Half-Life scientist finally bites it as Gabe intended
By Rick Lane published
News "We wanted to fix this for the 25th Anniversary update but other stuff took priority".
The reason we got Left 4 Dead 2 as a standalone game was because the first one 'was such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it'
By Joshua Wolens published
News The first Left 4 Dead was more delicate than it first appeared.
Left 4 Dead's first internal playtest was so disastrous, Gabe Newell asked its lead: 'Why don't I just play Counter-Strike instead?' then 'made me watch him play it'
By Harvey Randall published
News The game was originally built around four vs. four PvP, but it was "a mess."
The Steam Autumn Sale 2023 is live
By Andy Chalk published
news The big seasonal blowout is upon us, and it's also time to start nominating games for the 2023 Steam Awards.
'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900%
By Joshua Wolens published
News Steam's new pricing policy for Latin America and the MENA region came in yesterday.
Half-Life's 25th anniversary celebrations have caused a resonance cascade in its Steam player-count, surging to a new all-time high over the weekend
By Rick Lane published
News Foreseen Consequences.
Gabe Newell on making Half-Life's crowbar fun: 'We were just running around like idiots smacking the wall'
By Jody Macgregor published
News "It really goes back to that theory of fun."
Gabe Newell on why game delays are OK: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.'
By Andy Chalk published
news Half-Life was delayed a full year past its original release date, and Valve has no regrets.
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